Women’s Tennis Posts Unblemished Day One of ITA Southeast Regionals

Sep 21, 2012

SUMTER, S.C.
- The biggest fall tennis tournament got underway Friday
and the GC women’s tennis team impressed in their first
action of the year. All three competing Bobcats came away
victorious in their singles matches in day one of the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Southeast Regionals.

Senior Kayla Barksdale (Augusta, Ga.) started off the
winning ways for the Bobcats. After taking a close first set 7-6,
she would cruise to a 6-2 second set to get her first victory,
topping Alex Ebner of Anderson University. Barksdale will continue
her play in the ‘A’ Flight tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.

Also playing in the ‘A’ Flight, Ivana
Marevic (Rottweil, Germany) would start slow against
Olivia Self from Converse College. The GC junior would lose the
first set 3-6, and making the proper adjustments to her game to
shut Self out the rest of the way; winning the second and third
sets 6-0, 6-0. Marevic be back in action tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.

Playing in the ‘B’ Flight and also in her first career
collegiate match, freshman Katie
Krupp (Evans, Ga.) defeated Lori Flick of Lander
University, 6-3, 6-4. Krupp’s next match will start tomorrow
at 8 a.m.

Barksdale and Krupp were back in action late Friday night as the
two Bobcats faced off against the No. 6-seeded Mona Blauen and
Julia Graf of Francis Marion University. The GC duo would fight,
but were eventually overmatched 8-3.

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